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  In recent weeks, we have focused on the HARP refinance program as a refinance tool for homeowners who are upside down on their homes. And it is in fact a great program for borrowers who are upside down to refinance and take advantage of today’s historically low interest rates. However, for home...

    HUD recently announced changes to once again raise mortgage insurance for FHA Home Loans starting on April 1, 2012. These latest changes mark yet another increase in the cost for FHA home loans, a trend that started in 2011 with a restructuring of the mortgage insurance premiums for these typ...

  In recent weeks, we have focused on the HARP refinance program as a refinance tool for homeowners who are upside down on their homes. And it is in fact a great program for borrowers who are upside down to refinance and take advantage of today’s historically low interest rates. However, for home...

  As we wrote about in recent months, the HARP refinance program has now been expanded to allow more homeowners the option to refinance and take advantage of historically low interest rates. The program is a government backed initiative to allow borrowers who could previously not refinance, due t...

  As we wrote about in recent months, the HARP refinance program has now been expanded to allow more homeowners the option to refinance and take advantage of historically low interest rates. The program is a government backed initiative to allow borrowers who could previously not refinance, due t...

  As we wrote about in recent months, the HARP refinance program has now been expanded to allow more homeowners the option to refinance and take advantage of historically low interest rates. The program is a government backed initiative to allow borrowers who could previously not refinance, due t...

  FHA mortgage loan limits saw a decrease as of October 1st, 2011, but now the Government has stepped in and reinstated the higher mortgage loan limits that we have seen in recent years.   In 2008, Congress temporarily increased the FHA loan limits to help alleviate the effects of the economic do...

   As we recently wrote about, the Fannie Mae HARP refinance program has now been expanded to allow more homeowners the option to refinance and take advantage of historically low interest rates. Starting December 1, 2011 the program will allow homeowners to refinance their existing home loans, up...

   As announced earlier this year, the Fannie Mae HARP refinance program has now been expanded to allow more homeowners the option to refinance and take advantage of historically low interest rates. The big recent news from the expansion is an expansion to help borrowers who are even more upside ...

  When it comes to obtaining a mortgage whether you are purchasing or refinancing, fixing your credit score before you apply for a mortgage could literally save more than $100,000 over the course of your loan.   For all mortgage transactions, you will need to have your credit score pulled for qua...